A League of Their Own…

I read an interesting article this morning about a young pitcher who was mentored by the great Joe Niekro before his death. For those of you who don’t know, Joe Niekro was a pitcher, but more than that, he was a knuckleball pitcher like one of my favorite players pitching today, Tim Wakefield.

Who knows what could happen? All you have to do is watch the movie, A League of Their Own, and you can see that anything is possible. That’s not to say I hope we have another major war, not even if it did give these young women the chance to play in the majors, but wouldn’t it be great if they did break through the gender barrier of Major League Baseball?

Just think, one day in the far distant future, MLB could be celebrating Eri Yoshida or Chelsea Baker Day, just like they do now with Jackie Robinson Day.